Miller's Military Moments

China: The Big Bully


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China has quietly become the big bully in Asia. They take, take, and take with barely a peep from the world. China is very open about its long term plans and goals. They are very patient, calculating, and strategic. Foreign policy wise this puts us in a very tough predicament. 

China has built islands in the South China Sea and militarized them against all norms of international law. Their fishing boats regularly, with no regard to the Philippines', Vietnam's, Japan's, even Chile's sovereign economic zones, sail into their waters and fish. The world stays silent. Like many people do against bullies. 

Taiwan is not formally recognized as an independent nation although many of our policies treat it as such. This is a huge thorn in the side of the Chinese for many reasons. One issue is  how they appear to their people. Taiwan looks like a renegade province that is free from the Communist Rulers policies and has been since 1949. The fact that this is still happening makes China's ruling part appear weak to their people. Often, China is more concerned about how they appear than what the actual truth is. 

Why do we care?

Grant and I tackle this subject in today's show. We dive into our legal and required support, and what we think would and should happen if China attacks Taiwan. After all, Taiwan is our ally. We want people to be aware of what is happening in the world that can impact us at home. Taiwan is one of those issues. People need to be aware. 

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